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Oscillatoria limosa C. Agardh ex Gomont

  • 1. Botanical Survey of India Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Government of India AJCBIBG, Botanic Garden Howrah - 711 103 (India) drpratibha 2011 @ rediffmail. com (corresponding author)

Description

Oscillatoria limosa C.Agardh ex Gomont

Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Série 210, t.6/6, f. 13 (Gomont 1892). Desikachary, Cyanophyta 206, t. 42, f. 11 (Desikachary 1959). Komárek & Anagn., Cyanoprokaryota Part 2: Oscillatoriales 19 (2): 593, f. 886 (Komárek & Anagnostidis 2005).

DESCRIPTION. — Trichome dull blue-green to brownish, more or less straight, sometimes slightly curved, not constricted at the crosswalls or slightly constricted; cross-walls usually frequently granulated; end cell flatly rounded or obtuse-rounded with slightly thickened outer membrane (Fig. 8F).

DIMENSION. — Trichome 5.1-9.6 µm broad and cells 1.5-5.0 µm long.

ENVIRONMENT & HABITAT. — Freshwater species; stagnant/free/ slow-floating in the form of mats; temperature 1°C.

Notes

Published as part of Gupta, Pratibha, 2021, First report of diversity of Cyanobacteria of Broknes Peninsula of Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica, pp. 241-251 in Cryptogamie, Algologie 20 (15) on page 246, DOI: 10.5252/cryptogamie-algologie2021v42a15, http://zenodo.org/record/7819309

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Oscillatoriaceae
Genus
Oscillatoria
Kingdom
Bacteria
Order
Nostocales
Phylum
Cyanobacteria
Species
limosa
Taxon rank
species

References

  • GOMONT M. 1892. - Monographie des Oscillariees (Nostocacees Homocystees). Deuxieme partie. - Lyngbyees. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Serie 7 16: 91 - 264, pls 1 - 7.
  • DESIKACHARY T. V. 1959. - Cyanophyta. Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi, 686 p.
  • KOMAREK J. & ANAGNOSTIDIS K. 2005. - Cyanoprokaryota 2 nd Part: Oscillatoriales, in BUDEL B., KRIENITZ L., GARTNER G. & SCHAGERL M. (eds.), Susswasserflora von Mitteleuropa, Elsevier / Spektrum, Heidelberg 19 (2): 759 p.